Can I be a pure mage?

[Hush Puppy]

Is magic in this game just done through consumables or is there a way to cast spells as your main strategy in combat? Like can I play a pure mage who doesn't rely on melee or are spells just there to make challenging fights a bit easier?

[Xeawn ~Rafa~]

From the dev in another topic (https://steamcommunity.com/app/1585180/discussions/0/4842023049608709973/):

"12Cy [developer] Oct 2 @ 9:53am

Magic is very strong in the game but always a part of melee combat. There is no typical mage like gandalf in Drova."

It sounds like a magic-infused build is viable but no pure mage option at this time.

[Sgt.JESUS]

I think you can do magic but if the runes i have found are a hint of what you can do it would be unfair to any other build, i mean magic missile does 200 damage, i found a flame pillar spell doing 400 in a area of effect. My sword does 10 times less damage hehehe. I think you still need to fight with weapons though.

[MLK-08]

Originally posted by Xeawn ~Rafa~:

From the dev in another topic (https://steamcommunity.com/app/1585180/discussions/0/4842023049608709973/):

"12Cy [developer] Oct 2 @ 9:53am

Magic is very strong in the game but always a part of melee combat. There is no typical mage like gandalf in Drova."

It sounds like a magic-infused build is viable but no pure mage option at this time.

when can we actually have a runestone please ? i have 2 spells but cant use them and ive been saving up skill points for mind but it seems useless since all mobs are hard af for me